Mental Calculations Year 6 Four Operations Resource Pack

Mental Calculations Year 6 Resources

Step 14: Mental Calculations Year 6 Resource Pack

Mental Calculations Year 6 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving resources for Autumn Block 2.

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What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • Mental Calculations Year 6 Teaching PowerPoint.
  • Mental Calculations Year 6 Varied Fluency with answers.
  • Mental Calculations Year 6 Reasoning and Problem Solving with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

Mathematics Year 6: (6C6) Perform mental calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers

Differentiation:
Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support using mental strategies to solve calculations involving four operations with up to 4-digit numbers. Useful facts given within each question. Numerals only.
Expected Questions to support using mental strategies to solve calculations involving four operations with up to 4-digit numbers, including some decimal numbers in context. Numerals only.
Greater Depth Questions to support using mental strategies to solve calculations involving four operations with up to 4-digit numbers, including decimal numbers in context. Includes multiple operations within some number sentences. Numerals and words.

Reasoning and Problem Solving
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Reasoning)
Developing Find a way to solve the number sentence using a mental calculation. Includes up to 4-digit numbers. Useful facts given within each question. Numerals only.
Expected Find 2 different ways to solve the number sentences using mental calculations. Includes four operations with up to 4-digit numbers. Numerals only.
Greater Depth Find 2 different ways to solve the number sentences using mental calculations. Includes four operations with up to 4-digit numbers and mixed operations in each number sentence. Numerals and words.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain if the correct mental calculation has been used to solve the number sentence. Includes four operations with up to 4-digit numbers. Useful facts given within each question. Numerals only.
Expected Explain who has made the correct mental calculations to solve the number sentence. Includes four operations with up to 4-digit numbers. Numerals only.
Greater Depth Explain if the correct mental calculation has been used to solve the word problem. Includes four operations with up to 4-digit numbers and decimal numbers in context. Mixed operations in each number sentence. Numerals and words.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Problem Solving)
Developing Find the odd one out using mental calculations to estimate the answer to number sentences. Includes four operations with up to 4-digit numbers. Useful facts given within each question.
Expected Find the odd one out using mental calculations to estimate the answer to number sentences. Includes four operations with up to 4-digit numbers and decimal numbers in context.
Greater Depth Find the odd one out using mental calculations to estimate the answer to number sentences. Includes four operations with up to 4-digit numbers and decimal numbers in context. Mixed operations in each number sentence.

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